The number of users on social media has in recent years gradually increased due to the effective communication tools that facilitate contact with friends, family and co-workers. Despite the increase in users on social media, previous research shows that many users are not aware of the vast amount of data collected by different social platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn. The purpose of this study is therefore to describe how network users take account to privacy on Facebook and LinkedIn. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, we collected the empirical material through a survey resulting in answers from 144 respondents. Based on the empirical study, the research question has been answered which depends on how Facebook- and LinkedIn users protect themselves against privacy intrusions. The result showed that network users chose to protect themselves in different ways based on how aware they were of the data management. A central similarity between the studied social media platforms was that users from both Facebook and LinkedIn protected themselves through different password strategies. A significant difference was found regarding the privacy settings of Facebook-users who adjusted the settings continuously to minimize the risk of unauthorized being able to take part of the personal information. Several LinkedIn-users did not find the privacy settings that may be due to the low usage level of the platform, unlike users who use Facebook daily.